Many years ago, I had an idea of publishing a book full of confessions in which teachers asked for an apology for their crimes against children in school.
Factory-schooling is guilty of its own deadly sins. It is important for those working in the field of education to understand the serious damage that factory-schooling does to our children and to our wider species.
One of the biggest confusions in India is that we equate 'education' and 'the culture of schooling' with 'shiksha'. But their philosophical, epistemological and pedagogical roots are fundamentally different. Take a look how.
The real debate is not about school vs. no school. It is about co-creating the best possible learning ecologies for ourselves and our chidren.
